As he sets out in pursuit of vengeance, entering the nightmarish Court of the Ruby Grail, increasingly more enchanted (and confused) by his love for the mysterious Ursula, he finds himself facing demonic adversaries, war and political intrigue.Īgainst a backdrop of the wonders-both sacred and profane-and the beauty and ferocity of Renaissance Italy, Anne Rice creates a passionate and tragic legend of doomed young love and lost innocence. Educated in the Florence of Cosimo de Medici, trained in knighthood at his fathers mountaintop castle, Vittorio inhabits a world of courtly splendor and country pleasures - a world suddenly. In the midst of this upheaval, Vittorio is seduced by the vampire Ursula, the most beautiful of his supernatural enemies. ALSO BY ANNE RICE Interview with the Vampire C ry to Heaven The Vampire Lestat The Queen of the Damned The Mummy The Witching Hour The Tale of the Body.
Now, in the second of her New Tales of the Vampires, she tells the mesmerizing story of Vittorio, a vampire in the Italian Age of Gold.Įducated in the Florence of Cosimo de' Medici, trained in knighthood at his father's mountaintop castle, Vittorio inhabits a world of courtly splendor and country pleasures-a world suddenly threatened when his entire family is confronted by an unholy power. Now, in the second of her New Tales of the Vampires, she tells the mesmerizing story of Vittorio, a vampire in the Italian Age of Gold. With Pandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of vampire novels. Synopsis: With Pandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of vampire novels.
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